Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

Operations Management and Sustainability pp 247–269Cite as

Palgrave Macmillan

Using the Green Performance Map: Towards Material Efficiency Measurement

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

Abstract

Previous environmental studies indicate several barriers to circular economy and material efficiency including a lack of detailed methodologies for manufacturing improvement in terms of environmental and operational performances to measure, monitor and evaluate material consumption and waste generation. A lean and green tool, the green performance map (GPM), is an appropriate tool for different environmental initiatives including training, improvement, reporting and development. Through literature review and multiple case study methodology, this chapter presents the current application of GPM in industry and its usage to regularly measure and monitor material efficiency measurements on different levels and to remove barriers to improved material efficiency.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  • Abdul Rashid, S. H. (2008). An investigation into the material efficiency practices of UK manufacturers. PhD dissertation, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, UK.

    Google Scholar 

  • Abdul Rashid, S. H., & Evans, S. (2010, December 7–10). Material efficiency: The factors influencing UK manufacturing companies in choosing type of strategies. 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS 2010), Melaka, Malaysia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Allwood, J. M., Ashby, M. F., Gutowski, T. G., & Worrell, E. (2011). Material efficiency: A white paper. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 55, 362–381.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Allwood, J. M., Ashby, M. F., Gutowski, T. G., & Worrell, E. (2013). Material efficiency: Providing material services with less material production. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0496

  • Bellgran, M., Höckerdal, K., Kurdve, M., & Wiktorsson, M. (2012). Green performance map: Handbook [in Swedish], Mälardalens högskola, Eskilstuna, Sweden.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bey, N., Hauschild, M. Z., & McAloone, T. C. (2013). Drivers and barriers for implementation of environmental strategies in manufacturing companies. CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, 62, 43–46.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brundtland, G. H. (1987). Report of the world commission on environment and development: Our common future (pp. 8–9). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dubey, R., Gunasekaran, A., & Chakrabarty, A. (2015). World-class sustainable manufacturing: Framework and a performance measurement system. International Journal of Production Research, 53, 5207–5223.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ehrenfeld, J. R. (2005). Eco-efficiency: Philosophy, theory, and tools. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9(4), 6–8.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2003). Lean manufacturing and the environment: Research on advanced manufacturing systems and the environment and recommendations for leveraging better environmental performance. Report prepared by Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

    Google Scholar 

  • Esty, D. C., & Winston, A. S. (2009). Green to gold: How smart companies use environmental strategy to innovate, create value, and build competitive advantage. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

    Google Scholar 

  • Finnveden, G. (2000). On the limitations of life cycle assessment and environmental systems analysis tools in general. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 5, 229–238.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Frostell, B. (2006). The future, rest products and waste: How will waste management look like in 2020? Report, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Ragn-Sells AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

    Google Scholar 

  • Garetti, M., & Taisch, M. (2012). Sustainable manufacturing: Trends and research challenges. Production Planning & Control, 23, 83–104.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hallstedt, S. I., Bertoni, M., & Isaksson, O. (2015). Assessing sustainability and value of manufacturing processes: A case in the aerospace industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108(Part A), 169–182.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • King, A. A., & Lenox, M. J. (2001). Lean and green? An empirical examination of the relationship between lean production and environmental performance. Production and Operations Management, 10, 244–256.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koho, M., Torvinen, S., & Romiguer, A. T. (2011, May 25–27). Objectives, enablers and challenges of sustainable development and sustainable manufacturing: Views and opinions of Spanish companies. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM 2011), Tampere, Finland, 1–6.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kokubu, K., & Kitada, H. (2015). Material flow cost accounting and existing management perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108(Part B), 1279–1288.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Krajnc, D., & Glavič, P. (2003). Indicators of sustainable production. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 5, 279–288.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kurdve, M., Shahbazi, S., Wendin, M., Bengtsson, C., & Wiktorsson, M. (2015). Waste flow mapping to improve sustainability of waste management: A case study approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 98, 304–315.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kurdve, M., & Wiktorsson, M. (2013). Green performance map: Visualizing environmental KPI’s. The 20th International Annual EurOMA Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lilja, R. (2009a). From waste prevention to promotion of material efficiency: Change of discourse in the waste policy of Finland. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17, 129–136.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lilja, R. (2009b). Negotiated environmental agreements in promoting material efficiency in industry – First steps in Finland. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17, 863–872.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • MacArthur, E. (2012). Towards the circular economy. economic and business rationale for an accelerated transition – Executive summary. Cowes, UK: Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

    Google Scholar 

  • Miles, M. B., & Huberman, A. M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

    Google Scholar 

  • Murillo-Luna, J. L., Garcés-Ayerbe, C., & Rivera-Torres, P. (2011). Barriers to the adoption of proactive environmental strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 19, 1417–1425.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Netland, T. (2013). Exploring the phenomenon of company-specific production systems: One-best-way or own-best-way? International Journal of Production Research, 51, 1084–1097.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Norén, G., & Strömdahl, I. (2007). Näringslivets miljöarbete och Sveriges miljömål [in Swedish]. Stockholm, Sweden: Svenskt Näringsliv.

    Google Scholar 

  • Peck, M., & Chipman, R. (2007). Industrial energy and materials efficiency: What role for policies? In industrial development for the 21st century: Sustainable development perspectives (pp. 333–386). New York, NY: Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

    Google Scholar 

  • Porter, M. E., & Kramer, M. R. (2011). The big idea: Creating shared value: How to reinvent capitalism – And unleash a wave of innovation and growth. Harvard Business Review, 89, 62–77.

    Google Scholar 

  • Preston, F. (2012). A global redesign? Shaping the circular economy. Energy, Environment and Resource Governance Briefing Paper 2012/02, Chatham House, London, UK.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rahdari, A. H., & Rostamy, A. (2015). Designing a general set of sustainability indicators at the corporate level. Journal of Cleaner Production, 108(Part A), 757–771.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rahimifard, S., & Clegg, A. J. (2007). Aspects of sustainable design and manufacture. International Journal of Production Research, 45, 4013–4019.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roberts, B. H. (2004). The application of industrial ecology principles and planning guidelines for the development of eco-industrial parks: An Australian case study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 12, 997–1010.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rogers, D. S., Rogers, Z. S., & Lembke, R. (2010). Creating value through product stewardship and take-back. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 1, 133–160.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Romvall, K., Kurdve, M., Bellgran, M., & Wictorsson, J. (2011, May 2–4). Green performance map – An industrial tool for enhancing environmental improvements within a production system. In J. Hesselbach & C. Herrmann (Eds.), Glocalized solutions for sustainability in manufacturing. Proceedings of the 18th CIRP international conference on life cycle engineering (pp. 353–358), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg.

    Google Scholar 

  • Seidel, S., Recker, J., Pimmer, C., & Brocke, J. V. (2010). Enablers and barriers to the organizational adoption of sustainable business practices. In D. E. Leidner, & J. J. Elam (Eds.), Proceedings of the sixteenth Americas conference on information systems (pp. 12–15). Lima, Peru. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2010/427

  • Shahbazi, S. (2015). Material efficiency management in manufacturing. Licentiate thesis, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering. Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shahbazi, S., Kurdve, M., Bjelkemyr, M., Jönsson, C., & Wiktorsson, M. (2013). Industrial waste management within manufacturing: A comparative study of tools, policies, visions and concepts. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR2013), Cranfield, UK, 637–642.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shahbazi, S., Wiktorsson, M., Kurdve, M., Jönsson, C., & Bjelkemyr, M. (2016). Material efficiency in manufacturing: Swedish evidence on potential, barriers and strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 127, 438–450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.143

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simpson, D. (2010). Use of supply relationships to recycle secondary materials. International Journal of Production Research, 48, 227–249.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, L., & Ball, P. (2012). Steps towards sustainable manufacturing through modelling material, energy and waste flows. International Journal of Production Economics, 140, 227–238.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Song, Q., Li, J., & Zeng, X. (2015). Minimizing the increasing solid waste through zero waste strategy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 104, 199–210.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wiktorsson, M., Bellgran, M., & Jackson, M. (2008, May 26–28). Sustainable manufacturing – Challenges and possibilities for research and industry from a Swedish perspective. In M. Mitsuishi, K. Ueda, & F. Kimura (Eds.), Manufacturing systems and technologies for the new frontier: The 41st CIRP conference on manufacturing systems. Tokyo, Japan.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yin, R. K. (2003). Applications of case study research. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zackrisson, M., Jönsson, C., & Olsson, E. (2014). Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost of waste management–plastic cable waste. Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science, 4, 221–232.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zokaei, K., Lovins, H., Wood, A., & Hines, P. (2013). Creating a lean and green business system: Techniques for improving profits and sustainability. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgment

Financial support from the Knowledge Foundation to the INNOFACTURE industrial graduate school, as well as from Vinnova and Mistra to the projects is greatly acknowledged. The study was performed in the context of the XPRES framework at Mälardalen University.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden

    Sasha Shahbazi

  2. Swerea IVF, Mölndal, Sweden

    Sasha Shahbazi & Martin Kurdve

  3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Magnus Wiktorsson

  4. Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Martin Kurdve

Authors
  1. Sasha Shahbazi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Magnus Wiktorsson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Martin Kurdve
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sasha Shahbazi .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Luitzen de Boer  & Poul Houman Andersen  & 

  2. Department of Business and Management, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Poul Houman Andersen

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 The Author(s)

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Shahbazi, S., Wiktorsson, M., Kurdve, M. (2019). Using the Green Performance Map: Towards Material Efficiency Measurement. In: de Boer, L., Houman Andersen, P. (eds) Operations Management and Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93212-5_13

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation